Mrs Sarah Hitt Found Dead in Washington
Mrs Sarah Willey Hitt aged 69 was found dead Thursday at her Washington home. Widow of Thomas E. Hitt who died in 1945 she had lived in Washington for 25 years. Survived by four sons four daughters three sisters and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Omps Funeral Home Winchester with Rev Carroll Goodridge officiating. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Sarah Willey Hitt
Washington
Inchester
Ara Kanatos
Beulah Hitt
Winchester
Mason
Alexandria
Willie Mae Hitt
Washington, D. C
Mathey Mills
Martinsburg
Bertha Smith
Front Royal
Mamie Young
Falls Church
Omps Funeral
Carroll Goodridge
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Dr. Lewis M. Terman Dies at 79 in Palo Alto
Palo Alto Calif Dr Lewis M Terman Stanford University authority on intelligence tests died last night in Palo Alto Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage He was 79 years old and a renowned psychologist and educator with a long career at Stanford University
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Palo Alto
Calif
Lewis M. Terman
Stanford University
Palo Alto Hospital
Christmas Church Programs Announced in Area Churches
Additional Christmas programs were announced by multiple churches open to the public. Second Opequon Presbyterian Church will host a Joy Gift Candlelighting Service Sunday at 7 39 pm with Women of the Church and Chairs taking part. Hayfield Assembly of God on Route 50 west of Winchester plans a Christmas program tomorrow at 7 30 pm.
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Second Opequon Presbyterian Church
Hayfield
Christmas programs at local churches this weekend
Grace Methodist Church Middletown hosts a Sunday 7 30 p m service and a 6 a m Christmas morning service with earvi singing and a Silent Night origin film. First Assembly of God 455 N Cameron St presents a 7 45 p m program with songs recitations and a youth play. Relief Church holds its annual program at 7 p m with carols and sermon by Rev W Holt Louder at 11 p m. Christ Episcopal Church offers Christmas Eve carols and a solo There Were Shepherds by Vincent, plus Holy Communion and sermon at 11 a m Christmas Day with Junior Choir.
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Grace Methodist Church
Middletown
Grace Church
Earvi
First Assembly of God
N. Cameron St
Young Peoples Department
Herman W Fry
Re. W. Holt
Christ Episcopal Church
Vincent
Gordon Sperry
Christmas Eve Service at Old Stone Church
A candlelight Christmas Eve service will be held at the Old Stone Presbyterian Church on Monday at 10 o'clock. Dr. George D. Jackson will narrate Love Came at Christmas and Miss Carolyn Cramton will sing The Christmas Candle. The Chancel Choir directed by Miss Cramton will perform O Little Bethlehem with Wilson Dickson as soloist. Members of theChancel Choir include Mrs. Orville Wine Mrs. May Fritts Mrs. Wade E Muldoon Mrs. Esther Bell Mrs. J E Prew Mrs. Marshall Kline Mrs. John Carney and others. The Senior High Fellowship Council will decorate the church.
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Old Stone Presbyterian Church
George D. Jackson
J. Calvin Ried
Carolyn Cramton
Bitgood
Miss Cramton
Noble
Wilson Dickson
Chanel
Orville Wine
May Fritts
Wade E. Muldoon
Esther Bell
J. E. Prew
Marshall Kline
John Carney
W. C. Dickson
Wilson C. Dickson
Wade FE. Muldoon
Frank Bailey
Charles Ritter
W. S. Button
Mechanic Dies After Crane Boom Contacts Power Line
A 56 year old Norfolk mechanic, John G. Hall, was electrocuted in Oceana yesterday when a crane boom he was repairing touched a power line. The incident occurred during maintenance work on the crane.
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Oceana, Va
Norfolk
John G. Hall
Christmas Pageant At Presbyterian Church Tomorrow
A Christmas pageant There Was One Who Gave a Lamb will be presented by the Church and combined choirs tomorrow at 5 p m at the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs C Irvine Cather will direct assisted by Miss Virginia Shackelford with Miss Carolyn A Cramton in charge of the music.
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Church Ie
First Presbyterian Church
C. Irvine Cather
Virginia Shackelford
Carolyn A, Cramton
Wendell Porterfield
Mary
Ann Sirbaugh
Joseph
Robert Button
Angel
Judy Cather
Tom Kern
Susan Fernandes
Judy Fowler
Cassie Green
Richard Gregory
Martin Kline
Beverly Long
Jerry McDowell
Gary McIntyre
Carol McLaughlin
Tulula Pifer
Park Plumly
Harry Ridgeway
John Scully
Janet Smith
Ann Lynn Wheeler
Linda Whitacre
Carol Choir
Homer Alberti, Jr
Dick Bell
Sally Bush
Ruth Fowler
Katie Glaize
Meg Greene
Judy Floyd
Susan Holder
Marsha Newell
Diane Lewin
Barbara Kincaid
Reba Massie
Mike Miller
Raymond Perry
Richard Petrie
Anna Porterfield
Sandra Ritter
Sharon Sartelle
Mary Scully
Tom Lee
Jim Sirbaugh
Kathy Smith
Jan Sperry
Pamela Verret
Chapel
Anita Bamne
Mary Barnsley
Sue Barnsley
Roberta Bixby
Susan Brown
Barbara Chaplin
Carol Dickson
Kay Dunn
Ellen Eschell
Gretchen Fritts
Robin Fritts
Jill Hott
Elizabeth Lacy
Anna Largent
Kaye McKean
Judy McVicar
Carole Miller
Marian Miller
Bettie Petrie
Sandra Shockey
Mary Ellen Snyder
Janet Stanley
Susan Stine
Judy Vance
Jean Woods
Santa and Friendship Firemen Visit Evans Home
Santa Claus with members of the Friendship Fire Company visited the William and Henry Evans Home for an annual event. A turkey dinner followed, with a program by eleven resident children led by Patsy Smedley. Gifts and games filled the night as guests and home directors joined in.
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Santa Claus
Friendship Fire Company
William and Henry Evans
Patsy Smedley
Leslie W. Orndorff
Forest Everhart
Charles Jenkins
Joe
Linda
Kitty Everhart
Frances
Katherine
Dorothy Jenkins
Arlene Smedley
Santa
John Hawse
Rouss Fire Company
Joseph Hodgson
Robert Yerby
L. B. Sirbaugh
Barr
Gochenour
Ellsworth Byer
Robert Geanious
James Thompson
Lewis Ebert
Robert Smith
Warren Fogle
Byers
Myrtle Jenkins
Overheated Oil Stove Fire Reported on Loudoun Street
Firefighters responded at 10 30 this morning to 1309 S Loudoun St where an overheated oil stove was reported. Crews from Rouss South End and Friendship found the stove flooded but no fire occurred and no damage. The residence is owned by Icy Hetze and occupied by Bertha Erp.
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Loudoun St
Rouss
South End
Friendship
William Godenour
Icy Hetze
Bertha Erp
Salvation Army Sees More Christmas Baskets Possible
Salvation Army HQ says applications for Christmas baskets still arrive and donations allow more baskets than planned. To date 379 baskets prepared with 205 by Salvation Army workers and 174 by cooperating groups. James Wood High School contributed 30. Distribution at headquarters Monday morning with events including underprivileged children's party and toy room setup. 600+ toys donated and 285 new dolls dressed by local groups.
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Salvation Army
Army
James Wood High School
Winchester Council of Church
Strasburg School
Lonas Service Monday Afternoon
Funeral service for I. Canter Lonas set for Monday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with the Rev Carl W Hiser and Harry Richard officiating. Uniformed Friendship Fire Company pallbearers. honorary pallbearers listed. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Remains at Jones Funeral Home.
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I. Canter Lonas
Jones Funeral Home
Carl W. Hiser
D. D
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Harry Richard
Friendship Fire Company
Mr. Lonas
Robert W. Snapp
Lon G. Carpenter
J. Leslie Reid
Garvin J. Walters
Frank P. Harry
W. Holmes Carper
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Library Closing For Holiday
The Handley Library will close for the holiday this evening at 7 30 p m It will re open at its usual hour 10 am on Wednesday morning
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Handley Library
Nixon stopover in Iceland tied to new US stay plan
Nixon, during a six hour stop in Reykjavik, is linked to new arrangements allowing longer American presence in Iceland after Soviet suppression of Hungary. Rep. Robert Wilson notes Iceland is a customary transit, not a destination.
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Reykjavik
Robert Wilson
R-Calif
Nixon
Iceland
Knights Templar Plan Christmas Day Service
Knights Templar Winchester Commandery 12 will meet in the City Hall Asylum on Christmas Day. Members and guests assemble at 11 45 a m with toasts to the Grand Master Walter DeLamater and Grand Commander Frank Allerton. Guest speaker Rev Millard Lewis of Market Street Methodist Church delivers address.
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Winchester
Knights Templar
Rt. Em
Walter Allen DeLamater
USA
Virginia
Frank Allerton
Fev
Millard Lewis
Market Street Methodist Church
Police Seize Forty Students After Subway Melee
Police seized forty Brooklyn Technical High School pupils after a melee on four cars of two subway trains. About one hundred students dismissed early for Christmas vacation damaged light bulbs, signs, and seats. one pupil charged with malicious mischief and thirty nine others named for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Technical High School
Service Monday For Mike Seal
Funeral service for Mike Ellis Seal who died Thursday at Newton D. Baker Hospital will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Carroll C. Goodridge officiating. Pallbearers include Robert Seal Frank Seal Edgar Seal George Seal Randolph Seal and Marshall L. Frazier. Graveside service at 2 p.m. Monday in Cedar Hill Cemetery Washington D C.
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Mike Ellis Seal
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Jones Funeral
Carroll C. Goodridge
Kernstown Methodist Church
Robert Seal
Frank Seal
Edgar Seal
George Seal
Randolph Seal
Marshall L. Frazier
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Jones Funeral Home
Legion Home Entered Report of $20 Theft
Frederick County Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven reports the American Legion Post Home on U.S. Route 7 east of Winchester was broken into Thursday night. About $20 in money was taken, and the sheriff's office is investigating.
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Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
American Legion
U.S. Rt. 7
Winchester
Waring to Be Heard On Christmas Eve
NBC will air an hour long Christmas Eve show starring Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. The program, heard locally on WRC Washington at 9 30 p m December 24, is sponsored by Allis Chalmers. Waring marks his 40th year in entertainment and is famed for choral arrangements.
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Fred Waring
NBC
WRC
Washington, D.C
Allis Chalmers
Waring
The
America
Clarke County Apple Tree Varieties and Age Distribution
Clarke County reports 8 849 Winesap trees with nearly 60 percent red strains and over half non bearing. Other varieties include Northwest Greening 7 830 Ben Davis Gano Black Ben 4 930 Lowry 3 682 and Grimes Golden 3 345. Age breakdown shows 1 to 7 years 40 949 trees others range up to 37 years and over 23 770.
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Northwest Greening
Ben Davis
Gano
Lowry
Grimes Golden
Sunnyside Man Hurt in Traffic Mishap Yesterday
Ernest Carper a 71 year old Sunnyside Station resident was hospitalized yesterday after a traffic crash suffering a fractured leg and shock. Memorial Hospital officials said he is in good condition. Separate Winchester incidents reported two minor crashes with limited detail.
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Ernest Carper
Sunnyside Station
Loring LaFayette Pingley
S. Braddock St
Richard Monroe Cox
King George, Va
Fire alarm reports stove fire at 13 E North Ave
Firemen responded to a 11 35 a m alarm from 13 E North Ave. Food on the stove burned with ribs destroyed and minor smoke damage. Firefighters Friendship Sarah Zane and Reuss reported no other damage.
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North Ave
Friendship
Sarah Zane
Reuss
Court Hanns: Drunk Driving Fines and Driving Violations
Silas Luttrell of Cross Junction cited for drunkenness with a $15.25 fine. Ray Dutton Anderson driving with revoked license faces $106.25 fine and six months in jail with three days to serve. Frederick B. Teets at 17 W. German Street fined $9.25 for running a red light. Walter F. E. Mason of 524 Highland Ave. fined $9.25 for no city auto tag plus $6.25 for failure to answer summons.
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Silas Luttrell
Cross Junction
Ray Dutton Anderson
Rt. 1
Frederick B. Teets
W. Germain St
Walter FE. Mason
Highland Ave
Butler Heads Izaak Walton League Hero
H. W. Butler Jr was elected president of the Izaak Walton League of Winchester at a dinner at Lee Jackson Restaurant succeeding John Kane. Other officers named include Vice President H Amstead Lowry and Secretary Treasurer J H Himelright with new directors George Branner Earl Cather and Rodney Sirbaugh.
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H. W. Butler, Jr
Izaak Walton League of Winchester
Lee-Jackson
John Kane
H. Amstead Lowry
J. H. Himelright
George Branner
Earl Cather
Rodney Sirbaugh
Auctioneered Farm and Real Estate Sales in Winchester Area
Sales directory notes two auctions by trustee W E Edwards in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia. On Dec 29 at 11 a m real estate on Rt 522 20 miles northwest of Winchester. On Jan 12 at 11 a m an 115 acre farm near Reynolds Store. Charles R Duvall is the auctioneer.
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Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Charles Duvall
W. E Edwards
Reynolds Store
Charles R. Duvall
Gordon C. Eyeetux
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
James E. Ashlyn Et
Calvert Land
Clevenger Dies in Winchester Hospital at 80
Herbert Allen Clevenger eighty of Clarke County died yesterday evening in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born January 27 1876 in Frederick County he was a Hampshire pig breeder for forty years and member of Stone's Chapel Presbyterian Church. Funeral set Sunday at 2 p.m. from John Enders Funeral Home with burial in Green Hill.
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Herbert Allen Clevenger
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Edward
Mary Grubbs Clevenger
Hattie Duttere
Clevenger
Hampshire
Stone’s Chapel
John Enders
R. D Goshorn
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Yale Service At Kernstown Christmas Eve Holy Communion
The Kernstown Methodist Church holds a Christmas Eve Holy Communion at 11 p.m. Monday ending on Christmas Day. Rev. Carroll C. Goodridge will give the Christmas sermon titled An Awful, Wonderful Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown Methodist Church
Carroll C. Goodridge
Moody Freshman’s Death Linked to Ring Dispute
Miami officials recall 18 year old Carl Pape who quarreled with Sue over a high school ring before his death. A .32 caliber revolver found near Pape is reported to belong to his father, an investment banker and Dixie Outdoor Theater Corp president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Miami
Carl Knox
Pape
The
Dixie Outdoor Theater Corp
Quiz page answers reveal quirky slang and names
The page lists quiz answers including Scuttle butt Cuspidor spitbox Saloon True Calvin Coolidge Yes Canned heat No An intoxicant Yes Sancho Panza 10 Stiffly.
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Calvin Coolidge
Sancho Panza
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